Diagnostic PCR tests for microsporum audouinii, M. canis and trichophyton infections

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 486-490

  Brillowska Dabrowska, Anna ^a,b   Wierkowska, Aleksandra ^b   Lindhardt Saunte, Ditte Marie ^a,c   Arendrup, Maiken Cavling ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dermatophytosis; Diagnosis; Microsporum; PCR; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM PERSICOLOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MICROSPORUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM PERSICOLOR; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 77950558277     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903312454     Document Type: Article

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